Neural Networks used to transform 124-year-old film into crisp HD

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Someone Used Neural Networks To Upscale An 1896 Film To 4K 60 FPS, And The Result Is Really Stunning

Steampunk Tendencies
4 février 2020

First shown in public in 1896, the film – L’arrivée du train à la Ciotat (Arrival of a Train) – produced and directed by Auguste and Louis Lumière in 1895 had, according to the legend, frightened the spectators at the sight of the train arriving towards the camera.

Reddit user Denis Shiryaev wanted to improve the visual quality of the film. Using several neural networks, he upscaled the clip to a resolution of 4K and 60 FPS. You can see the result with the videos below.

Original film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjIMzxqbR5U

B&W upscaled version (with sound): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RYNThid23g

Coloured upscaled version (no sound): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqbOhqXHL7E

https://steampunktendencies.com/someone-used-neural-networks-to-upscale-an-1896-film-to-4k-60-fps-and-the-result-is-really-stunning/

[Damo]

Amazing MT

It really opens bringing some old classics to life